
Non-binding resolution marks symbolic rebuke of Ivy League university leadership
Cornell University faculty passed a non-binding no-confidence resolution against the university's leadership over its handling of an alleged gang rape of a female student by seven male students at a campus fraternity house.
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Faculty members at Cornell University passed a no-confidence resolution against the university's leadership over its handling of an alleged gang rape that has sparked outcry in the US. The vote is not binding but marks a strong symbolic rebuke of administrators at the Ivy League college in New York state. According to a lawsuit, a female student was assaulted by seven male students at a fraternity house on campus.
Faculty members at Cornell University on Friday passed a no-confidence resolution against the elite college's leadership over its handling of an alleged gang rape that has sparked outcry in the US.
The vote is not binding but marks a strong symbolic rebuke of administrators at the Ivy League college in New York state.
According to a lawsuit, a female student was assaulted by seven male students at a fraternity house on campus.

Education Secretary Christine Choi Yuk-lin announced plans to seek extra funding for institutions in the Northern Metropolis university town if the current HK$10 billion loan scheme is inadequate, while emphasizing the need for financial feasibility.
Zhejiang Natural History Museum launched the third phase of the "Ling Ao Project" to support the study of county-level teenagers through social donations. This project aims to break down resource barriers, give children in mountainous areas and counties the opportunity to enter the museum, and achieve fair and inclusive educational resources through institutional arrangements.

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